Created by Mark Andresen, NotCaslon is a novelty font household. This typeface has 2 styles and was released by Emigre.

This collection of initials was created by illustrator Mark Andresen who rubbed down bits and pieces of dry transfer lettering: flakes, nicks, and all. It was digitized by Zuzana Licko.

The main influence for NotCaslon is New Orleans, with its 18th and 19th century French Quarter balconies, old cemetery crosses and Voudou veve designs. The strange swashes and inconsistent italic letterforms are all pieces of Caslon Swash Italic broken press type, reorganized and spontaneously formed.

" Not Caslon, as the name indicates, is surely among the most comical and abundant works of alphabet art that owes any (in this case, literally every) part of its being to swashy, 20th-century American, Caslon-inspired italics. It seems most not likely that this collection will have the ability to float alone, but it might discover a location next to many tried and true typefaces, if for no factor besides its impressive entertainment worth. A number of fascinating touches, whether consisted of by accident or style, make for excellent amusement: incorrect font letters like a monoline L and x, a vibrant weight F, a "shoelace" X, miscellaneous lower case letters throughout, and even a flopped roman A (with adjustments). What eighteenth-century printer's task case would be total without a share of unforeseen typographic variety?" - John Downer

Font Family:
· NotCaslon One
· NotCaslon Two